Comodo Threat Research Labs, a provider of computer software and SSL digital certificates, based in Clifton, N.J., has discovered a malware attack targeting ICICI Bank, a multinational bank based in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. The bank has more than 4,000 branches and 13,000 ATMs in India. Fake email disguised as official bank notices ask recipients to update banking details and say the update is mandatory. The sender is
This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. which appears legitimate at first glance, but the domain name is not connected to the bank.
Thousands of Turkish Americans and people from other nations marched on April 24 to say 'stop' to the defamation campaign against Turkey regarding the 1915 events and call for peace and solidarity with Turkey, in a counter-protest against Armenians. The march was organized by the Turkish-American National Steering Committee (TASC) and took place in Washington D.C. "Officially we had more than 11,000 attendees," the Steering Committee said on its Twitter account Sunday. The walk, which included different ethnicities and religions, started from the White House and continued until the Turkish embassy in Washington. Thousands of peoples from around the world also tweeted the hashtag #letHistoryDecide. 
DeWITT, N.Y. — The founder and CEO of yogurt-maker Chobani is one of two executives that the Manufacturers Association of Central New York (MACNY) will add to its Wall of Fame next month. Both Hamdi Ulukaya and Jim Beckman, president of Crucible Industries LLC, will accept their awards at MACNY’s 103rd annual dinner on May 19 at the Oncenter, MACNY said in a news release. The organization will recognize both men with plaques on the Manufacturers Wall of Fame at MACNY headquarters in DeWitt. Since purchasing a yogurt plant in 2005, Ulukaya has led Norwich–based Chobani to “become the top-selling Greek yogurt brand in the United States.” 
Borusan Mannesmann Boru Sanayi & Ticaret AS, a Turkish producer of oil and gas pipelines, expects demand to pick up in the U.S. toward the end of the year as shale producers replace aging equipment. Borusan Mannesmann’s plant in Houston will produce 100,000 metric tons of pipes in 2016, up from about 70,000 tons last year, Agah Ugur, chief executive officer of the company’s Istanbul-based parent Borusan Holding AS, said in an interview on Thursday. 
Chobani LLC will undertake a major expansion to its manufacturing facility in Twin Falls, Id. The expansion will be used for increased manufacturing capacity to drive continued growth in the region and to meet demand for new and existing products. 
Turkish Airlines claims to fly to the fictitious cities of Metropolis and Gotham City, home of Superman and Batman in the much-anticipated new superheroes movie Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, which opens worldwide on Friday. But such a claim is not so far from the reality of its expansive network. The “Ottoman Empire" super connector travels to 113 countries, more than any other airline in the world, thanks to its strategic location at the crossroads of Europe, the Middle East and Asia. With a shrewd marketing strategy and an eye on the US market, the airline is sponsoring what may be the year’s biggest commercial cinema hit, with a pivotal scene taking place aboard a Boeing 777 Turkish Airlines plane. 
U.S. authorities arrested a Turkish businessman on charges alleging he engaged in a scheme to help the Iranian government evade U.S. and international sanctions. Reza Zarrab was arrested Saturday in Miami and charged in an indictment unsealed Monday in New York federal court alleging he engaged in hundreds of millions of dollars worth of transactions between 2010 and 2015 on behalf of Iran’s government and other entities, laundered the proceeds and defrauded financial institutions by concealing the nature of the transactions. Two others, Iranians Camelia Jamishidy and Hossein Najafzadeh, were also charged in the indictment; they both are at large, prosecutors said. 
Turkish-American women have inspired millions of Americans and now, for the first time, TURKOFAMERICA has selected a list of the most influential Turkish-American Women. To decide on which illustrious women merited inclusion on the list, the TURKOFAMERICA team has read hundreds of resumes, searched hundreds of websites, and conducted numerous interviews. The list includes extraordinary entrepreneurs and visionary CEOS, celebrity role models and pioneer philanthropists who are transforming the world. At the gala, the participants will celebrate the International Women’s Day as well. 
In February, security vendor Comodo was publicly identified by Google Project Zero security researchers as having multiple vulnerabilities. In a video interview with eWEEK, Melih Abdulhayoglu,CEO and chief security architect of Comodo, explained how he wants to work with security researchers like those at Google and why it's a good thing, when done right. 
McDonald’s ongoing effort to simultaneously appear to offer healthier food and attract hungry customers has resulted in a tentative partnership with yogurt maker Chobani. The AP reports that around 800 McDonald’s locations in California will be testing parfaits and smoothies made using the popular Greek-style yogurt. 
Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) expanded its presence in Huntsville, Alabama yesterday, breaking ground on a new aircraft modification and upgrade facility at the Madison County Executive Airport. The ceremony marked the culmination of 12 months of close collaboration with the Madison Executive Airport Authority and the Huntsville Chamber of Commerce to provide facilities specific to military fixed aircraft. 
Smartphone users can soon get health advice directly from medical experts thanks to a new partnership between Waterloo-based Blackberry and digital wellness platform Sharecare, co-created by Dr. Mehmet Oz and WebMD founder Jeff Arnold. The companies announced the launch of the service, called the Sharecare BBM channel, in a release Wednesday saying it will connect users to major health organizations and medical professionals from inside Blackberry's messaging service, BBM. "Experts ranging from the American Cancer Society to licensed physicians and nurses, and luminaries from Deepak Chopra to Dr. Oz can be connected to users to help them find the health answers, advice and resources that are right for them," the release states. 
Canadian pasta manufacturers want importers to stop bringing subsidized Turkish pasta into the country because it is hurting them along with millers and farmers. “Canada is becoming the North American dumping ground for cheap Turkish pasta,” said Don Jarvis, executive director of the Canadian Pasta Manufacturers Association (CPMA). “We are extremely concerned about the impacts that subsidized and dumped pasta will have on local Canadian businesses.” More than five million tonnes of pasta was imported into Canada from Turkey between January and November 2015, almost tripling 2014 import volumes. The landed price of that pasta was 50 percent less than Italian imports and 40 percent cheaper than U.S. imports, according to Statistics Canada. 
FARMINGDALE, N.Y. -- Telephonics Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of Griffon Corporation (NYSE: GFF), announced today that it has received an $18 million manufacturing contract from Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) in support of approximately 580 MODI II Electronic Countermeasure (ECM) systems for the U.S. Marine Corps Marine Expeditionary Units. Modi II, an SNC design, is a man-pack ECM jammer which has industry-leading Size, Weight and Power (SWaP) metrics and is an exceptionally cost-effective, sustainable capability set.
